Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Boynton v. Virginia (1960)
legislative/executive actions
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Hindrances to Civil Rights
Chicago Race Riots (1919)
Springfield lynchings (1908)
George Wallace prevents integration at University of Alabama (1963)
Assassination of Malcolm X (1965)
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (1968)
Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955-1956)
The March on Washington (1963)
Campaign in Birmingham, AL (1963)
Formation of NAACP (1909)
Black Power Movement (1966)
Societal and Economic Progress
Great Migration (1910-1920)
FDR’s “Black Cabinet”(1934)
Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier (1947)
Integration of Little Rock High School (1957)
James Meredith & Integration at Ole’ Miss (1963)